PODS® Reviews
Very happy with pods and service. Only thing I would have liked is for someone to personally come to the house an give use a better idea how many or how big the pods we needed. Had to change from a 7 ft container to a 16 ft at last minute. Thank goodness we do other wise we wouldn't have had enough room.
It was fine. This move was a bit different than most in that I was not sure of my exact move-to address and when I would be unpacking. The services worked well for my needs. I was frustrated in the limited availability for pick-up and drop-off for the PODS container. Additionally, I could not get a 3 hr delivery window until 6 pm the evening before moving day. This resulted in challenges with scheduling movers. Overall a minor inconvenience, but the container was delivered at 6am and movers arrived at 4pm. Having the ability to schedule a 3 hr window 24 hrs out or even by 3pm the day before would resolve this issue.
It was great working with pods. The only complaint I have is that as a customer you are unable to schedule the time when your pod is delivered and picked up. You aren't notified until the evening prior when the pod will be delivered/picked up and they only give you a 3 hour window. This made things very difficult for us to be able to hire movers at the appropriate time.
PODS is a good company, very good communicators about where the POD is at all times. The container itself was sturdy and well built. I can't comment yet on long-term storage, as I am currently still storing with them, but so far so good. Not the big expense that many people were complaining about with PODS.
PODS is great. Both drivers for pickup and delivery were excellent - though in Portland they supposedly can't go up onto the curb to get the PODS any closer than one foot away from the curb (be sure to let your neighbors know) The PODS was clean and had a lot of attachment points. Pro tip: call PODS when making a reservation to get the best deal - and lock in your move as far out as possible to avoid Peak Season hikes. Also - relax! Our entire life in a 1300 sq ft house fit into a 16ft PODS. You can do it! Just google franks worldwide moving to watch how they pack a moving truck. :)
I used POD's for my moving and everything went as scheduled. I couldn't believe how much you can pack in and when you secure your belongings properly nothing shifted or broke in transit. It was so convenient to have it for a month and pack whenever you had time and there are no ramps to walk up as the POD sits ground level. Definitely would use them again.
